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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washingt...  Show more »
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washington, D.C. A year later those plans were put on hold because of lackluster fundraising. During the 1990s, the NAACP struggled with financial problems, leading to the dismissal of two top officials -- the Rev. Benjamin Chavis as executive director and William Gibson as board chairman. Bruce S. Gordon became the group's president and chief executive officer in 2005 following the resignation of Kweisi Mfume, a former five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland who had headed the organization for nine years. Gordon resigned in March 2007. Civil rights movement activist and former Georgia state representative Julian Bond remains as chairman.  « Show less

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    Nov 23, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  1. Museum planned for restored home where Little Rock Nine gathered during desegregation crisis

    Associated Press Writer
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered at Daisy and L.C. Bates's home to prepare for the angry mob they faced as they integrated the all-white school....

    Tags: Civil Rights, Minority Groups, AT&T Corp., Martin Luther King Jr., Monuments and Heritage Sites

  2. Nov 23, 2009 |Story| WTVR-LTV
  3. Hate Crimes On The Rise

    According to the Virginia law enforcement agencies who report hate crimes to the FBI, in 2008 Virginia saw 263 such incidents.  Sixty five percent of those crimes focused on a person's race. Fourteen percent were motivated by the victim's religiona nd 13 percent focused on a person's sexual orientation
    Staff reporter
    According to the Virginia law enforcement agencies who report hate crimes to the FBI, in 2008 Virginia saw 263 such incidents. Sixty five percent of those crimes focused on a person's race. Fourteen percent were motivated by the victim's religiona nd 13...

    Tags: FBI, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Assault, Massacres, Museum Dioramas

  4. Nov 22, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. Anniversary celebration

    The Howard County NAACP Youth Council will host a reception celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NAACP from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Ridgelys Run Community Center, 8400 Mission Road in Jessup. Free event will recognize several Howard County...

    Tags: Ceremonies, Society

  6. Nov 22, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. Howard County Datebook

    Today 'Twelfth Night' Marriotts Ridge High School presents Shakespeare's romantic comedy at 3 p.m. in the school's auditorium, 12100 Woodford Drive. For tickets and more information, call 410-313-5568 or e-mail Jeanne Jurney at jcjurney@verizon.net....

    Tags: Personal Data Collection, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Holidays, Hospitals and Clinics, Comedy (genre)

  8. Nov 22, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Walt Disney -- prince or toad?

    Even before it opens later this week, Disney's new animated feature, "The Princess and the Frog," is already considered something of a cultural and animation landmark. After centering cartoons on a Middle Easterner ("Aladdin"), a Native American (" Pocahontas"), an Asian ("Mulan"), and a Hawaiian ("Lilo &  Stitch"), Disney animation has entered the post-racial era. The new film features a black protagonist alongside the green one.
    Even before it opens later this week, Disney's new animated feature, "The Princess and the Frog," is already considered something of a cultural and animation landmark. After centering cartoons on a Middle Easterner ("Aladdin"), a Native American ("...

    Tags: Pocahontas, Colleges and Universities, Howard University, Interreligious Dialogue, Celebrity

  10. Nov 21, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. Nothing controversial in Rev. Wright's remarks

    President Barack Obama's former pastor, whose fiery sermons ignited controversy during the election campaign last year, told a local NAACP chapter Friday night to remember the past while continuing to work for change. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright avoided any...

    Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Minority Groups, National Government, ABC

  12. Nov 18, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  13. Black lawmakers face unexpected challenges now that they have seized unprecedented power

    AP National Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress — and face new challenges...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Local Authority, John Jr Conyers, Laws

  14. Nov 17, 2009 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  15. Minority parents join schools talk

    Pahokee Commissioner Allie Biggs at the start of Tuesday's Palm Beach County School Board meeting led 14 elderly residents off a bus into an auditorium where the battle over the school district's academic reforms took center stage.
    Pahokee Commissioner Allie Biggs at the start of Tuesday's Palm Beach County School Board meeting led 14 elderly residents off a bus into an auditorium where the battle over the school district's academic reforms took center stage. Hundreds of minority...

    Tags: Academic Progress, Art Johnson, Palm Beach County School Board

  16. Nov 17, 2009 |Story| WTVR-LTV
  17. Are some local students being excluded from gifted education programs?

    Staff reporter
    It's a school lesson State leaders learn for the first time. Minority students are poorly represented when it come to gifted programs. "Some preliminary data that we've seen both from the department of Education and the NAACP has indicated there's an...

    Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Executive Branch, Government, CBS Corp., Teaching and Learning

  18. Nov 17, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  19. Md. city erects Dred Scott decision plaque to quell rancor over Supreme Court justice's statue

    Associated Press Writer
    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it —...

    Tags: Frederick Douglass, National Government, Local Authority, U.S. Supreme Court, Government

  20. Nov 16, 2009 |Story| WDAF
  21. Power and Light District Forms Dress Code Committee

    The Power and Light District was speaking out after black ministers protested there over the weekend.  The debate is over Power and Light's dress code and whether it's racist.
    Meagan Kelleher, FOX 4 Web Producer
    The Power and Light District was speaking out after black ministers protested there over the weekend. The debate is over Power and Light's dress code and whether it's racist. Power and Light District management said it still believes the dress code is...

    Tags: Dresses (clothing)

  22. Nov 14, 2009 |Story| WGNO-LTV
  23. Judge orders hiring plan for school district

    ABC26 News
    A judge has ordered the Tangipahoa Parish School Board to increase its hiring of black educators for administrative positions. Under the order by U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle, the Hammond-based public school district must hire qualified blacks...

    Tags: Employers, Judges, Employment

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